The survey looked at which firms from the AmLaw 200 and the Global 100 have created mobile sites. It also looked at the types of content they published to those sites, how firms enhanced their sites, and where some sites need improvement.

Among the survey’s key findings:

Among AmLaw 200 firms, 54 (27%) have mobile sites, an increase of 17 firms since 2011. Of firms on the Global 100 list, 29 have mobile sites, an increase of seven firms from 2011.

Of the firms that have a mobile website, most (67%) have between seven and nine types of content on the site.

The most popular type of content these firms have on their sites are:

Professional biographies (59).

Offices (53).

Practice areas (52).

News (45).

About the firm (42).

Careers (40).

Events (38).

Publications (34).

Surprisingly, one of the least common content types is “contact us” information, included on just 13 sites.

The Law Firm Mobile blog has many more details about the survey, along with a full listing of the firms that have mobile sites and a screen shot of each firm’s site.

Very interesting numbers to come out of that survey, indeed. This is something I am passionate about as I work for a company that provides template websites for lawyers. We currently don’t offer mobile-specific sites, but we did build our software so each generated website is navigable on a mobile device. I’d be interested to see if those firms with mobile sites receive more calls or less calls than a law firm without one. Great blog, by the way!

Robert J. Ambrogi

Is a Massachusetts lawyer, writer and media consultant. He also writes the blog Media Law and cohosts the legal affairs podcast Lawyer2Lawyer

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